Sandesh Assembly constituency

Sandesh Assembly constituency is one of 243 assembly seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is part of Arrah Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Barhara, Arrah, Agiaon (SC), Tarari, Jagdishpur and Shahpur.^[1]

Sandesh Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 192 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Arrah
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kiran Devi Yadav W/O : Arun Kumar Yadav
Party	RJD
Alliance	MGB
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Arun Yadav   RJD

Area/Wards

Sandesh Assembly constituency comprises:^[2]

• Sandesh CD block
• Udwantnagar CD block
• Gram Panchayats: Sakaddi, Kulharia, Dhandiha, Bhadwar, Narbirpur, Khangaon, Gopalpur, Jalpura Tapa, Jokta and Koilwar (Nagar panchayat) of Koilwar CD block

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The Sandesh Assembly constituency was created in 1957. The list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Sandesh constituency is as follows:

Year	Member[3]	Party
1957	Jhaman Prasad		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	R. S. Singh		Praja Socialist Party
1969	Ramji Prasad Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972
1977	Ram Dayal Singh		Janata Party
1978^	Sonadhari Singh Yadav[4]		Indian National Congress
1980	Sidh Nath Rai		Indian National Congress
1985	Sonadhari Singh Yadav		Lok Dal
1990			Janata Dal
1995	Rameshwar Prasad		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
2000	Vijendra Kumar Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Rameshwar Prasad		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
2005	Vijendra Kumar Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010	Sanjay Singh Tiger		Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Arun Kumar Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Kiran Devi Yadav

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Sandesh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD
	JD(U)
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[5]
	gain from		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sandesh^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Arun Kumar Yadav	74,306	49.79
	BJP	Sanjay Singh Tiger	48,879	32.75
	CPI(ML)L	Raju Yadav	15,879	10.64
	NOTA	n/a	3,713	2.49
Turnout			149,245	56.16
Registered electors			365,742

See also

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar

Sources

• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1951
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1962
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1969
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1972
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1980
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1985
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1990
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1995
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2005
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2010